Gallica 2 A global digital library Bibliothèque nationale de France Aline Girard IFLA Metlib section Prague, Monday June 2 nd 2008

Gallica 2 Gallica 2 A global digital libraryA global digital library

Bibliothèque nationale de FranceBibliothèque nationale de France

Aline Girard

IFLA Metlib section

Prague, Monday June 2nd 2008

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1.1. Gallica, the digital library of BnFGallica, the digital library of BnF

2.2. A new context emerges in 2005 : the A new context emerges in 2005 : the European Digital Library European Digital Library

3.3. Mass digitization at BnFMass digitization at BnF

4.4. A new digital library, Gallica 2A new digital library, Gallica 2

5.5. Gallica 2: providing books in copyrightGallica 2: providing books in copyright

6.6. The European Digital Library The European Digital Library Europeana Europeana today and tomorrowtoday and tomorrow

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Gallica, the digital library of BnFGallica, the digital library of BnF

Digital library launched in 1997, re-designed anew in Digital library launched in 1997, re-designed anew in 2000 (2000 (digitization of documents started in 1992digitization of documents started in 1992))

A digital library for the « honnête homme »A digital library for the « honnête homme »

An encyclopedic choice of documents out of copyright, An encyclopedic choice of documents out of copyright, from Middle Age to the Thirtiesfrom Middle Age to the Thirties

Ca 350,000 itemsCa 350,000 items: : 250,000 printed documents in image mode including 250,000 printed documents in image mode including

newspapers, newspapers, 100,000 images (photographs, maps,..), 100,000 images (photographs, maps,..), manuscripts, music sheets, sound recordings,…manuscripts, music sheets, sound recordings,…

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Gallica Files (Les dossiers de Gallica)

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Digital discovery journeys

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2.2. A new context emerges in 2005 : the A new context emerges in 2005 : the European Digital LibraryEuropean Digital Library





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A new context emerges in 2005Google and the European Digital Library

In 2005, « Google attacks »: a challenge for Europe

European countries decide to counter-attack with an European digital library

France (National library) is in charge of developping a prototype of the future European Digital Library, available on line in March 2007 and titled EuropeanaEuropeana

BnF launches an ambitious program of digitization. Digitized items will be accessible both through EuropeanaEuropeana and GallicaGallica

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Mass digitization of Mass digitization of BnF Heritage collectionBnF Heritage collection

Contracts and agenda Volume of documents Contents : general characteristics Contents : selection method Contents : programs Major long term programs

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Mass digitization at BnF / 1Mass digitization at BnF / 1Contracts and agenda

November 2006: contract for digitization and OCR conversion – 30,000 printed documents from BnF Heritage collection

January 2007: contract for OCR conversion – converting 60,000 documents already in image mode and accessible through Gallica

September 2007: three-year contract for digitization and OCR conversion - 100,000 printed documents per year, from BnF collection

20% of the documents in high-quality OCR (over 99,98% accuracy)

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Mass digitization at BnF / Mass digitization at BnF / 2 VolumeBy the end of 2010, BnF digital library will

include : Ca 400,000 digitized books and

periodicals available both in image mode and full-text, i.e. more than 45 million pages

Growing number of images, manuscripts, music sheets, maps, sound recordings, etc.

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Mass digitization at BnF Mass digitization at BnF / 3Contents : general characteristics

Most of the documents are books and periodicals (no non books for the time being)

Mostly French books, and most of them in French Mainly out of copyright Mainly 1750-1938, with progressive extension before

1750 (quality of OCR) and after 1938 (NB: European copyright act protect rights for 70 years after author’s death)

Digitization from original collection (60/70%) and microforms (30/40%)

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Mass digitization at BnF / 4Mass digitization at BnF / 4Contents : selection process

Fast and accurate selection process 80 % of selection : extensive series of books,

based on BnF vintage classification (for instance, History of France by period)

20 % of selection : targetted selection per subject or period (about 1,000 books per selected domain)

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Mass digitization at BnF / 5Mass digitization at BnF / 5Contents : programs

3 main fields : French culture and Heritage International oriented program Europe and European matters

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1. French culture and Heritage1. French culture and Heritage

French History (local and national); Biographies Literature, Philosophy, Arts (history and critics) Social issues: women studies, children studies,

social protection… Nature sciences and Medicine in 19th century Reference works: dictionaries and bibliographies in

all fields Core periodicals, mainly in literature, arts, history

and social sciences

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2. International oriented program2. International oriented program

Law (local, national and international)

French language and « francophonie »

Genealogy and family history

Translated editions of European literature masterpieces into French language

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3. Europe and European matters3. Europe and European matters

International relationships in Europe: 1st World War, Foreign affairs, World fairs, Turkish question…

An encyclopedic point of view: way of life, social questions, trade and business, migrations, tourism, transportation, medicine…

Relationships between Europe and other countries and cultures: for instance: Africa, Russia, Asia (Chinese project : Sinica, …); Colonial affairs

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Major long term programsNewspapers

• Le Monde diplomatique, • Le Canard enchaîné, • Les échos

By the end of 2010By the end of 2010, , 31 newspapers collections will be digitized, from beginnings to 1944, 31 newspapers collections will be digitized, from beginnings to 1944, accounting for 3,5 million pagesaccounting for 3,5 million pages

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Major long term programs Scientific societies

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Major long term programs Scientific societies

Journals of scientific societies covering 6 regions are fully available online: Aquitaine, Auvergne,

Bourgogne, Bretagne, Lorraine, Poitou-Charentes

Publications from 8 other regions are partly available or under digitization: Île-de-France (except Paris), Languedoc-Roussillon, Limousin, Basse et Haute

Normandie, Pays de la Loire, Picardie, Rhône-Alpes

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A new digital library:A new digital library: Gallica 2Gallica 2

Some facts Main characteristics Volumes in 2008 Services to come Contents to come

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Gallica 2: some factsGallica 2: some facts Opening October 2007 New design Gallica and Gallica 2: both online until the end of

2008 Work in progress:

Documents currently accessible through Gallica: progressively transferred to Gallica 2 after OCR process

Documents currently under digitization: online on Gallica 2 exclusively

New functionalities progressively implemented on Gallica 2 End of 2008: Gallica closing. Gallica 2 will remain as THE

digital library of BnF

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Gallica 2: main characteristicsGallica 2: main characteristics

Documents available both in image mode and full text

New functionalities: Services based on Europeana prototype:

Full text search, advanced search, advanced search criteria savings, printing, emailing, permanent urls,‘my library’ (folders, tagging)

Access to external digital collections Today, 5,000 documents from other libraries harvested by OAI process

(« interoperability »)

Access to books in copyright

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Gallica 2: volumes in 2008Gallica 2: volumes in 2008BnF Heritage collectionBnF Heritage collection

May 2008 May 2008 64,30064,300 digitized books, of which 12,500 in full textdigitized books, of which 12,500 in full text 80,00080,000 images (photographs, maps, etc.)images (photographs, maps, etc.)

June 2008June 2008 + 1,160 collections of periodicals (230,000 copies)+ 1,160 collections of periodicals (230,000 copies)

End of 2008End of 2008 A total of 120,000 digitized books, of which 40,000 in full A total of 120,000 digitized books, of which 40,000 in full

texttext

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Gallica 2: services to comeGallica 2: services to come

Enhanced personalized services : RSS feeds, SDI, preferences, annotations

Collection highlighting

Collaborative services : OCR ongoing corrections, transcriptions, annotation sharing, social tagging, groups

Exportation tools

Digitized documents linking

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Gallica 2: contents to comeGallica 2: contents to come

All Gallica 1 contents

100,000 additional printed materials digitized per year over a period of 3 years

Massive quantity of non book material to be digitized

More external collections A portal open to any French library eager to give a national

visibility to its Heritage collection (partner libraries’ Heritage collections accessed through OAI warehouse or fully integrated into Gallica)

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Gallica 2Gallica 2Agenda June2008

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6.6. The European Digital Library today and The European Digital Library today and tomorrowtomorrow

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Gallica 2Providing documents in copyright

An original approach Main steps Business model Legal framework Technical process The 2008 test: key facts and numbers The 2008 test: measuring impact

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An original approachAn original approach

Towards a comprehensive book offer onlineTowards a comprehensive book offer online

An test with publishers and e-commerce, merging An test with publishers and e-commerce, merging books in and out of copyrightbooks in and out of copyright

No such approach in any library so farNo such approach in any library so far

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Providing Providing booksbooks in copyright: copyright: Main stepsMain steps

May 2006 : BnF is selected by the government as the French operator for the European Digital Library ; Including material in copyright is targetted as one of the goals to achieve

Summer 2006 : creation of a working group BnF / French publishers association (SNE)

December 2006 : consultant (Numilog) chosen to carry out a study aboutbusiness model

April 2007 : conclusions of the study approved by BnF and SNE

October 2007 : agreement on technical, legal frameworks

March 2008, Paris Book Fair : test carried out on BnF’s portal Gallica 2

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Providing books Providing books in copyright: copyright: Business model / 1Business model / 1

Initial prerequisite, for which the consultanthad to find solutions:

Reliable protection of documents in copyright

Appropriate payment for copyright holders

Integration of the different players of book industry

Simple and easy access for the Web user

No exclusivity: material in copyright can also be displayed by other portals (publisher’s choice)

No commercial role for BnF

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Outcome of the study:

A unique search portal providing a full text search engine for allbooks

A digital-library-style model for documents out of copyright: free direct access to full text

A bookstore-style model for works in copyright: direct access, free of charge to: bibliographic record, table of contents,

front cover, back cover, summary… controlled access to full text: links to commercial platforms where

access to full text can be provided, given appropriate payment

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Commercial platforms: e-distributors

Large range of services: Browsing a book Sale or renting of e-books (in various formats such as eBooks,

PDF, PRC, etc…) Limited access in time (when rented), either on a title by title

basis or on packages of ebooks Links with bookstores….

Prices as recorded so far: Sale price for an e-book is between 50% and 100% of physical

book price

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Providing books Providing books in copyright: copyright: Legal frameworkLegal framework

Contracts between writers and publishers: digital rights

Contracts between publishers and e-distributors (chosen by publishers): Publishers select services offered to Web users and set prices associated to the services.

Contracts between BnF and e-distributors: based on licence contract model, by which e-distributor allows BnF: To upload and index metadata associated with books, so as to display

them in search results list, To upload and index full text (if publisher allows access to it), so as to

display a short excerpt in search results list, To create a link to the e-distributor’s website.

For each e-book, e-distributor certifies he received publisher’s authorization to do so.

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Providing books Providing books in copyright: copyright: Technical modelTechnical model

Interoperability with « e-distributors »Interoperability with « e-distributors »

A technical workgroup (including publishers and BnF designers)defined technical specifications, based on building of a centralized index.This index is used by Gallica 2 search engine.

This centralized index includes both the metadata of BnF documents anddocuments provided by publishers via “e-distributors”.

It includes also the full-text content of the documents (WHENWHENOCRised by the BnF and WHEN WHEN publishers agree to give their contentsto BnF).

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Providing books Providing books in copyright: copyright: ContentsContents

Targetted contents from BnF point of view: A global update of the BnF Heritage digital library:

Up-to-date knowledge: contemporary books in history, arts, philosophy, etc.

Contemporary fields: for instance psychology, psychoanalysis, education sciences, urban development, massmedia,…

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Providing books Providing books in copyright copyright The test: key facts and numbersThe test: key facts and numbers

From March 2008 to March 2009From March 2008 to March 2009

Partners involved Bibliothèque nationale de France French Publishers Association Ministry of Culture Centre national du livre (public funding structure for publishers, bookstores and

libraries)

Key numbersKey numbers 10 e-distributors (12 e-distributors in 2008) More than 100 publishers, including the most prestigious French publishers May, 31th 2008: 4,000 books in copyright Targetted volume by the end of the test : 10 000 books in copyright

During test: one said title is made available through only one e-distributor. Later on, this Later on, this technical constraint will be cancelled and one said title will be availbale through a variety of e-technical constraint will be cancelled and one said title will be availbale through a variety of e-distributors, according to the commercial offer selected by the e-buyer.distributors, according to the commercial offer selected by the e-buyer.

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Test diagram

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2 gallica2.bnf.fr

europeana.eu

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En cours :

NUMILOG GALLIMARDEditeur

Indépendant

HDS Digital (Groupe

Lagardère)SOFEDIS

e-bookstore Etc.e-bookstore

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French publishers French publishers part of the experimentpart of the experiment

Academia-Bruylant Academia-Bruylant 10/1810/18 Actes SudActes Sud AFNOR AFNOR AgoneAgone Albin MichelAlbin Michel Archange Archange MinotaureMinotaure ArgusArgus Valentines Valentines Atelier du GuéAtelier du Gué BelinBelin Chan-Ok Chan-Ok ClimatsClimats CréaPassions CréaPassions Dalloz Dalloz DiateinoDiateino DunodDunod Du Puits Du Puits

Fleuri Edilivre Ediscience Editions Alpen Editions Amphora Editions Artémis Editions Bayard Fleuri Edilivre Ediscience Editions Alpen Editions Amphora Editions Artémis Editions Bayard Editions Charles Corlet Editions Complexe Editions Déclics Editions de l'Archipel Editions Charles Corlet Editions Complexe Editions Déclics Editions de l'Archipel Éditions de Éditions de

l'Eclatl'Eclat Editions de l’Emmanuel Editions de l'Olivier Editions de l'OCDE Editions de l’Emmanuel Editions de l'Olivier Editions de l'OCDE Editions de MinuitEditions de Minuit Editions Editions Demos Demos Editions d'OrganisationEditions d'Organisation Editions du Temps Editions de la Bibliothèque nationale de Editions du Temps Editions de la Bibliothèque nationale de

France France Editions de la Table RondeEditions de la Table Ronde Editions Ecriture Editions Fédérop Editions Féret Editions Editions Ecriture Editions Fédérop Editions Féret Editions Florent Massot Editions Jean-Paul Gisserot Editions La Volte Editions Lafontaine Editions Le Florent Massot Editions Jean-Paul Gisserot Editions La Volte Editions Lafontaine Editions Le

Cavalier Bleu Editions LGDJ Editions Le Manuscrit Editions Les Capucines Editions Marie-Claire Cavalier Bleu Editions LGDJ Editions Le Manuscrit Editions Les Capucines Editions Marie-Claire Editions MétailiéEditions Métailié Editions MF Editions Michalon Editions Milan Editions Montchrestien Editions Editions MF Editions Michalon Editions Milan Editions Montchrestien Editions

Motus Editions Passage du Nord-Ouest Editions Motus Editions Passage du Nord-Ouest Editions Payot et RivagesPayot et Rivages Editions Romain Pages Editions Romain Pages Editions Stéphane Leduc Editions Sud-OuestEditions T.J. Sanz Editions Vagabonde Editions Editions Stéphane Leduc Editions Sud-OuestEditions T.J. Sanz Editions Vagabonde Editions

Viviane HamyViviane Hamy Editions Zinedi Editions Zulma EDP Sciences Elina EMS Editions E-theque Editions Zinedi Editions Zulma EDP Sciences Elina EMS Editions E-theque L'Etudiant Express éditions L'Etudiant Express éditions EyrollesEyrolles FayardFayard Flammarion Fleuve noir Flammarion Fleuve noir GallimardGallimard Gremese Gremese

International Gualino Editeur Hermès Sciences INSEP Consulting Editions La Découverte International Gualino Editeur Hermès Sciences INSEP Consulting Editions La Découverte La La Documentation françaiseDocumentation française Lavoisier La Louve Editions Leduc.s Editions Lavoisier La Louve Editions Leduc.s Editions Le SeuilLe Seuil Le Souffle d'Or Le Souffle d'Or

L'Harmattan Les Editions culinaires Les Editions Diateno Les Editions Mondéos M21 Editions L'Harmattan Les Editions culinaires Les Editions Diateno Les Editions Mondéos M21 Editions Magnard manuscrit.com Magnard manuscrit.com Masson Masson Maxima Nathan Oskar Pearson Perrin PLB Editions Presses Maxima Nathan Oskar Pearson Perrin PLB Editions Presses du Châtelet Presses polytechniques universitaires romandes du Châtelet Presses polytechniques universitaires romandes Presses universitaires de FrancePresses universitaires de France Presses universitaires de Grenoble Presses universitaires de Rennes Pocket Pocket Jeunesse Presses universitaires de Grenoble Presses universitaires de Rennes Pocket Pocket Jeunesse P.O.LP.O.L. Quae Quidam Editeur Retz Ricochet . Quae Quidam Editeur Retz Ricochet Robert LaffontRobert Laffont Salvator Samedi Midi éditions Tec & Salvator Samedi Midi éditions Tec &

Doc T.J. Sanz Editeur Univers Poche Doc T.J. Sanz Editeur Univers Poche Vuibert Vuibert

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Homepage Gallica 2

Advanced search

List of results merging all kinds of documents

Display in Gallica 2 of documents in

copyright

Website of e-distributorVisualisation in Gallica 2

of documents out of copyright

Simple search

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Demo

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Gallica 2 HomepageGallica 2 Homepage

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New advanced searchNew advanced search

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Browsing in search results, narrowing searchBrowsing in search results, narrowing search

Narrowing per source

Results displayed in context-sensitive

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Displaying Displaying booksbooks in copyright in copyrightWW1WW1

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E-distributor websiteE-distributor website

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Providing books in copyrightProviding books in copyrightThe test: measuring impactThe test: measuring impact

End of 2008:End of 2008:

Statistical analysis Customer’s satisfaction study Evaluation of e-distributors’ commercial activity

Work sessions with publishers and e-distributors to agree on the next steps: Model to be confirmed? Model to be adapted?

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6.6. The European Digital Library The European Digital Library EuropeanaEuropeana today and tomorrowtoday and tomorrow

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The digital european library EThe digital european library Europeanauropeana Today and tomorrowToday and tomorrow

Developed by the European commission through TEL and EDLnet

EDL Foundation located in The Hague Europeana.eu prototype launched in november 2008 Based on digitized collections of European libraries,

museums and archives

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The digital european library The digital european library EuropeanaEuropeana Today and tomorrowToday and tomorrow

Prototype : 2 million digital items Multilingual interface By 2010, at least 6 millions digitised items available

(sounds, pictures, books, archival records and films) Massive French contribution Test with French publishers carefully observed

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Europeana homepage

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For more information

http:// www.bnf.fr

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